In January of 2025, colourful calendars
popped up in briefcases,
on kitchen walls,
on dining room tables,
on wooden desk tops,
on phones and tablets.
Square spaces for dates and plans
marking our time, place and location
Appointments and extracurriculars
Little space was given to
washing the floor,
doing the laundry,
wiping up the inevitable spills,
broken crockery,
naps in the lazy afternoons,
all season walks in the park
watching ants march across sidewalks
smelling the prairie roses,
the worries of a sick child,
trips to crowded emergency rooms,
poring over bills and finances……………..
Years end gathers memories
shuffles them, stacks them neatly
in a higgledy piggledy order
for stories told 'round a kitchen table
for a laugh, or cry, or both in the same breath.
Happy New Year's Eve!
“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us
to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.”
~ H.G.Wells
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